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13th October 20162nd March 2017 Dave GurmanMusic, Playlist

Playlist from 12th October 2016

Dr. Feelgood / Going Back Home Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Cheating Hearts Christy Moore / Vive La Quinte Brigada Alabama Shakes / This Feeling SteelyContinue reading

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12th October 201620th November 2020 Dave GurmanDisplay, Motorcycles

Wet Nightmare

The best thing about The Rider’s Digest not being a supermarket-shelf glossy, is that it allows me to write about some of the less attractiveContinue reading

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6th October 201617th October 2016 Dave GurmanMusic, Playlist

Playlist from 5th October 2016

Alison Moyet / Love Resurrection  African All Stars / Mandali Echo & The Bunnymen / People Are Strange Nyomi Gray / Is This Love GrahamContinue reading

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29th September 201617th October 2016 Dave GurmanMusic, Playlist

Playlist from 28th September 2016

David Bowie / Modern Love Courtney Barnett / Elevator Operator Suggs / Oranges And Lemons Martha Reeves & The Vandellas / Jimmy Mack Tom PettyContinue reading

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22nd September 201622nd September 2016 Dave GurmanDisplay, Music, Playlist

Playlist from 21st September 2016

The Rolling Stones / Sympathy For The Devil Courtney Barnet / Nobody Cares If You Don’t Go To The Party Ian Dury / Sweet GeneContinue reading

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16th September 20161st March 2017 Dave GurmanDisplay, Motorcycles, Paperback book

The Carin’ Sharin’ Chronicles

From the back cover: “Anyone who has found Dave Gurman’s recent offerings in The Rider’s Digest amusing, interesting, informative, or just plain infuriating, is guaranteed to findContinue reading

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15th September 201617th October 2016 Dave GurmanDisplay, Music, Playlist

Playlist from 14th September 2016

Prince Buster / Al Capone Bikini Kill / Rebel Girl 10cc / The Wall Street Shuffle The White Stripes / The Hardest Button to ButtonContinue reading

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11th September 201622nd September 2016 Dave GurmanDisplay, NHS, Politics

Selling off the NHS

  SHARES = AWARENESS LIKES = EVEN MORE FRIENDS GET THE MESSAGE COMMENTS = HERE TO FIGHT FOR WHAT I BELIEVE IN! NB: This postContinue reading

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9th September 20161st March 2017 Dave GurmanDisplay, Motorcycles

Falling Head Over Heels

Manoeuvring the Aprilia inside the small front garden was tricky. It wasn’t difficult in a way that was likely to convince the smiling woman inContinue reading

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8th September 201621st September 2016 Dave GurmanJeremy Corbyn, Politics

Appealing for Democracy

On August 28th I shared another note entitled: “I was not angry until this instant”, which explained how incensed I was to have had myContinue reading

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